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BuckyB93 Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 7:32 AM EST
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I think we can all agree that times are a changin'

In times like these... if you had $100 to throw at a something in the stock market what would it be?

Hockey Dude has a monopoly on torches and pitch forks so that investment sector is pretty much booked up.

Who might be the next hidden gem that will boom from the current environment?
CelticBomber Offline
#2 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 8:39 AM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
I think we can all agree that times are a changin'

In times like these... if you had $100 to throw at a something in the stock market what would it be?

Hockey Dude has a monopoly on torches and pitch forks so that investment sector is pretty much booked up.

Who might be the next hidden gem that will boom from the current environment?



I know this girl.. let's call her Freckles. She's worth the $100 investment.
Speyside Offline
#3 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 8:44 AM EST
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Altria, or Phillip Morris.
MACS Offline
#4 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 8:46 AM EST
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Oil. It's gonna go up again...
opelmanta1900 Offline
#5 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 8:47 AM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
I think we can all agree that times are a changin'

In times like these... if you had $100 to throw at a something in the stock market what would it be?

Hockey Dude has a monopoly on torches and pitch forks so that investment sector is pretty much booked up.

Who might be the next hidden gem that will boom from the current environment?

Cardboard.
BuckyB93 Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 8:52 AM EST
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opelmanta1900 wrote:
Cardboard.


So you're saying the housing industry?
Mcdanielsamuel Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 9:16 AM EST
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Broad market index fund/etf
It's not exciting, but I'm not betting.

Betting - would look at Shopify
BuckyB93 Offline
#8 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 10:31 AM EST
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Mcdanielsamuel wrote:
Broad market index fund/etf
It's not exciting, but I'm not betting.

Betting - would look at Shopify


Yeah, I'm not a gambler either. My IRA/401(k) are just sitting in a balanced selection of mutual funds and ETF, maybe leaning to the aggressive side of vanilla. I don't plan on retiring anytime soon so I just let them ride and only check in on them once every couple of months.

Happened to take a peek at them this morning and thought... 20 years from now who is going to be the next Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon?

I'm sure there are a few out there right now that will catch lightning in a bottle. Maybe a tech company of some sort, biotech, pharma, or some other industry in it's infancy...

I'm sure something will rocket themselves to the top or get snatched up for some ungodly amount of money by one of the big fish that are already established.

I'm looking at cold fusion to be the next big thing. That or ball bearings.
teedubbya Offline
#9 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 10:37 AM EST
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PepsiCo

I keed I keed

Zwift or similar. I’d have to look.
corey sellers Offline
#10 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 10:42 AM EST
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Caskets
BuckyB93 Offline
#11 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 11:03 AM EST
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teedubbya wrote:
PepsiCo

I keed I keed

Zwift or similar. I’d have to look.


Are those the quicker picker upper things?

corey sellers wrote:
Caskets


Maybe if we combine this with Opel's idea we can do our own start up. Biodegrade Eco-friendly Burial Receptacles. BEBR... Justin could be our spokes person and is probably looking to make a resurgence back into pop culture.
Gene363 Offline
#12 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 11:24 AM EST
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Ammo, reloading supplies.
BuckyB93 Offline
#13 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 11:33 AM EST
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I don't own a gun but that stuff might actually be a good investment for resale value later.
teedubbya Offline
#14 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 12:03 PM EST
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Online cycling - Zwift. Different model than peloton. They will likely merge someday which could be a good payout.
izonfire Offline
#15 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 2:38 PM EST
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Post-natal abortion clinics.
I'm trying my damnedest to push through legislation that would legalize it...
Whistlebritches Offline
#16 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 8:41 PM EST
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teedubbya wrote:
Online cycling - Zwift. Different model than peloton. They will likely merge someday which could be a good payout.


They look private,I could not find a trading symbol for them.
teedubbya Offline
#17 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 9:02 PM EST
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They may be
BuckyB93 Offline
#18 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 9:08 PM EST
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Yeah doesn't appear to be publicly traded yet. This could be one of those things that gets bought up by someone like Peloton if they start eating up market share or try their own IPO to get capital and go head to head with Peloton.

In home streaming workout communities and competitions. Add other platforms like rowing machines, cross country skiing, elliptical, treadmill... it could be a thing.
Gene363 Offline
#19 Posted: Sat, Jun 20 2020, 9:27 PM EST
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izonfire wrote:
Post-natal abortion clinics.
I'm trying my damnedest to push through legislation that would legalize it...


Might put a whole new facet on Mother's day.
delta1 Offline
#20 Posted: Sun, Jun 21 2020, 6:32 PM EST
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5G ...some company involved in 5G infrastructure...

or pharmaceutical fund: the hunt for COVID19 treatment meds and vaccines will continue for at least another year or two
cacman Offline
#21 Posted: Sun, Jun 21 2020, 9:16 PM EST
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Buy Apple (aapl)

Bought at $72/share before the split.Plus it pays dividends.
HockeyDad Offline
#22 Posted: Sun, Jun 21 2020, 11:17 PM EST
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If you’re looking for a moonshot type investment, think tech. Problem is a lot of Silicon Valley tech is held by private venture capital. The way they do it is buy a piece of 15 companies. One hits gold and 14 go bankrupt. Rinse, lather, repeat.

The average person can’t even get in on an IPO. You have to place your bet post-IPO.
bassman45 Offline
#23 Posted: Mon, Jun 22 2020, 7:16 AM EST
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The at home play was Zoom(ZM),but too late now.I'm still long AMD,waited a week or two late for Draftkings(Dking),but still got it just under $30.$100 won't get you much but try NIO,the Chinese Tesla.Got in just over $3 but it will drive you crazy with the price fluctuations.
8trackdisco Offline
#24 Posted: Mon, Jun 22 2020, 5:13 PM EST
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JP Morgan Chase.
8trackdisco Offline
#25 Posted: Mon, Jun 22 2020, 5:16 PM EST
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bassman45 wrote:
The at home play was Zoom(ZM),but too late now.I'm still long AMD,waited a week or two late for Draftkings(Dking),but still got it just under $30.$100 won't get you much but try NIO,the Chinese Tesla.Got in just over $3 but it will drive you crazy with the price fluctuations.


Now that Chinese Starbucks lost 90% of their volume due to an embezzlement issue, it is super cheap. LK
bassman45 Offline
#26 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 7:22 AM EST
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[quote=bassman45]The at home play was Zoom(ZM),but too late now.I'm still long AMD,waited a week or two late for Draftkings(Dking),but still got it just under $30.$100 won't get you much but try NIO,the Chinese Tesla.Got in just over $3 but it will drive you crazy with the price fluctuations.

Anybody else play the market?Nio turned out to be a great play hitting a high around $66,unfortunately I bailed mid 40s(46).That $100 could've been turned into $900+(price was around $7 a share).Went long on AMD in Jan 2019 at 20.38 a share,now at 157.80,been on fire 🔥 last month or 2.Portillos is my long play,will be a great stock in the near future.Got in at 35,gonna let it ride! Good luck to all!
Mr. Jones Offline
#27 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 9:47 AM EST
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Orangjacon.com






























































A new high tech out of BELARUS....they import syrians and force march them into Poland for a massive profit from PUTIN...
MACS Offline
#28 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 10:40 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Oil. It's gonna go up again...


Well, whataya frankin' know... look who was Nostra-frankin-damus!
Whistlebritches Offline
#29 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 10:58 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Well, whataya frankin' know... look who was Nostra-frankin-damus!



Oil always goes up Nastra-frankin-dumbass..........then it goes down,then it goes up,then it goes down so on and so forth.It is a market you have to stay on top to make money........I've seen lots of money made and even more lost in oil
MACS Offline
#30 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 11:16 AM EST
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Yeah, but I predicted it because Dr. Dementia got elected and he undid everything Trump did to make us a net exporter and if you couldn't see that it was going to go up exponentially... you're blinder than the 3 blind mice.
rfenst Offline
#31 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 11:44 AM EST
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If I had an extra $100 to waste, I'd sit down at a10-person, single table, Texas Hold 'Em Shoot-out. Crushed a couple last time I was in Vegas about 10 years ago.
Whistlebritches Offline
#32 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 11:49 AM EST
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Crypto currency........I watched my wife make over $20,000 in 3 days.Then she invested in some more long term stuff,energy sector mostly.She and I both still hold lots crypto........... the trick is figuring out which ones will survive
JadeRose Offline
#33 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 12:15 PM EST
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Whistlebritches wrote:
Oil always goes up Nastra-frankin-dumbass




Laugh This is outstanding!Applause Applause
Gene363 Offline
#34 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 12:24 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:
Ammo, reloading supplies.


Even more scarce with president poopy pants, today you could sell them for a handsome profit.
BuckyB93 Offline
#35 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 12:31 PM EST
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Boring index funds are like VTI or QQQ would be the safest bets.

If going for individual, easy picks - Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon... today's blue chip stock that will be steady and around for the rest on my life.

Other single picks that think that are worth betting on...

Nvidia: Semiconductors/chips, the leader in this industry.
Enphase Energy: software & hardware for converting DC to AC in solar arrays. Not super sold on solar or wind but there's a push for it and rather than picking a specific solar or wind company, I'd pick a company making the the underlying power conversion stuff (the hardware and brains of the system) that links the DC source to the AC grid.
AMD: Semiconductors/chips, been doing it better than Intel for years but Intel has recently reinvested in itself to try to catch up.
Albemarle Corp: Biggest player in the field as a source of lithium for batteries.
Ford: Other than the pure electric vehicle companies like Tesla, Lucid... If I were to bet on one of the big 3 that would be better at adopting and developing electric vehicles I'd pick Ford (only speaking on "domestic" car companies and excluding "foreign" ones like Volkswagen, Toyota, Nissan).
rfenst Offline
#36 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 1:39 PM EST
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I don't make investment decisions. My retirement money and such is managed by a professional who I pay a percentage of my portfolio to every quarter. I am on set-and-forget-it mode so far. He's done great over the last ten years. I have gotten second opinions a few times over the years and they always tell me he is doing me just fine. He is also an accountant and uses his skills to minimize my taxes on gains. It's just mostly out of my wheel-house.
BuckyB93 Offline
#37 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 2:35 PM EST
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I do pretty much the same, I'm not much of a gambler when it comes to investing for long term. 401(k), Roth IRA, regular IRA is just boring broad market index and mutual funds. Majority is "set it forget" with a Boglehead approach. I do have a small slice of the pie for some individual picks like those mentioned above and some other individual picks. A few hunnerd bucks sitting in crypo but don't play with that much at all.

Have a UTMA account for both kids that is running a high risk, high reward portfolio. https://www.optimizedportfolio.com/hedgefundie-adventure/
Since they are teens they have a high risk tolerance and it's only a couple grand in these accounts but they are up about 22% this year.

In school they had a class on finances this past year that sparked their interest. So after that, I set them up with a small teen account and seeded it with about $200 at Fidelity. They can deposit their own money, gift money/checks, direct deposit from any paychecks from their part time high school jobs...

They have full control (but I can over see it) where they can buy and trade stocks and manage their own account with the phone app or just just use it as a savings account. Half of it is in the stock they picked (Fidelity let's you buy fractional of shares with ($5 minimum) so you can claim you are a partial owner of Tesla with a $5 investment and "own" 0.005 shares). The other have is in cash tied to a debit card for any spending if they want use when they to go out with their friends shopping, movies, food - anywhere Visa debit card is accepted.

Using it to teach them/learn them money management.
HockeyDad Offline
#38 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 3:15 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
I think we can all agree that times are a changin'

In times like these... if you had $100 to throw at a something in the stock market what would it be?

Hockey Dude has a monopoly on torches and pitch forks so that investment sector is pretty much booked up.

Who might be the next hidden gem that will boom from the current environment?


Scratch-offs! (The Democrat 401k)
Palama Offline
#39 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 3:34 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
I don't make investment decisions. My retirement money and such is managed by a professional who I pay a percentage of my portfolio to every quarter. I am on set-and-forget-it mode so far. He's done great over the last ten years. I have gotten second opinions a few times over the years and they always tell me he is doing me just fine. He is also an accountant and uses his skills to minimize my taxes on gains. It's just mostly out of my wheel-house.


+1

My financial guy isn't an accountant but he's done great for us these past 35+ years. Typically, when he calls to suggest something, I usually just tell him to go ahead and do it.

Luckily one of my good friends from h.s. is a CPA so I call or see him from time to time to discuss my tax situation. He'll gently "suggest" I do something but I come back with, "So Wayne, what would you do?" and then he gives me the unfiltered answer.
BuckyB93 Offline
#40 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 3:47 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Scratch-offs! (The Democrat 401k)


The lottery is a tax on people that don't understand statistics. I highly encourage folks to play it because (in theory) it eases my tax burden. But, no matter how much taxes the state gets, they always find a way to burn through it and run short on their budgets... then go back to the well to get more.

Not much different than substance abuse but the government doesn't pay the consequences for their behavior... the taxpayer pays.
Gene363 Offline
#41 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 6:08 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
I don't make investment decisions. My retirement money and such is managed by a professional who I pay a percentage of my portfolio to every quarter. I am on set-and-forget-it mode so far. He's done great over the last ten years. I have gotten second opinions a few times over the years and they always tell me he is doing me just fine. He is also an accountant and uses his skills to minimize my taxes on gains. It's just mostly out of my wheel-house.


+2 and my guy is an attorney as well as an investment manager. Years ago I asked a buddy who he was using, spoke with him and he has taken care of us ever since. My wife's funds are with him too. He calls periodically and explains everything he does, before he does them. A super nice fellow too, worth every penney he gets.

Funny thing, he could retire any time, but loves doing what he is doing. He is also thrifty, his wife cleans his office and on my birthday he is still using an ancient card printing software to print out a birthday card.
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#42 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 6:27 PM EST
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Crypto currency, it’s the future I’ve invested around 1500 bucks so far between three different ones.
Mr. Jones Offline
#43 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 8:02 PM EST
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Oranjacon.com

I SAY !!

BUY IT!!

HOLD IT!!!

KEEP IT !!!

PROFIT ALA PUTIN-IT!!!
Mr. Jones Offline
#44 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 8:08 PM EST
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Scratch offs...

Then

Throw them away , thinking they are losers...
Without scratching off the lower right corner...
The "scratch to cash" corner...

Then,

I will grab them from the trash,
Scratch off the lower right corner and REALLY FIND OUT IF THEY ARE LOSERS OR REALLY WINNERS!!!
THEN, I WILL GET NOTHING OR WIN ALL THE MONEY YOU THREW AWAY BECAUSE YOU Were SOOOOoooo
Confident that they were losers...

I L.O.V.E. CONFIDENT MORONS,
IT'S HOW I MAKE "???$$$$" OF ALL MY MONEY...
FROM CONFIDENT IDJITS...
GOTTA LOVEM'
Palama Offline
#45 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 8:18 PM EST
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Think I’d use my $100 to bid on the rare bourbon being offered up on another thread. 🥃
Mr. Jones Offline
#46 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 8:58 PM EST
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Orangacon.com...

BELARUS at its finest...
Mr. Jones Offline
#47 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 9:07 PM EST
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Orangacon.com...

BELARUS at its finest...
rfenst Offline
#48 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 9:23 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
The lottery is a tax on people that don't understand statistics. I highly encourage folks to play it because (in theory) it eases my tax burden. But, no matter how much taxes the state gets, they always find a way to burn through it and run short on their budgets... then go back to the well to get more.

Not much different than substance abuse but the government doesn't pay the consequences for their behavior... the taxpayer pays.

Meh. We buy a single jackpot lottery ticket every few months. I always choose the one with the lowest payoff because it has better (relatively) odds. We talk about what we'd do with the money and check to see if we won the next morning. Cheap entertainment for us.
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#49 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 10:05 PM EST
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...I'd buy a 5'er of Cuban Trini Vigia's and get together with 4 friends and share. Best ever ROI for $100 found on the ground.
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#50 Posted: Thu, Nov 25 2021, 11:53 PM EST
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Iridium communications for the slow ride, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, until they get kicked out of China, are safe.

$100 to GOD for the best returns.
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